Black-lead brush.



No. 801,262. PATENTED OCT. 10, 1905. W. PARKER.

BLACK LEAD BRUSH.

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BLACK-LEAD BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed Oct. 10, 1905.

Application filed February 23, 1904. Serial No- 194,773.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that Ll/VILLIAM PARKER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 32 Essex road, Enfield Town, in the county of Middlesex, England, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Black-Lead Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in black-lead brushes. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the brush with the shield or guard down over the side of the handle. Fig. 2 is a front view of the bracket and the end View of the shield or guard, Fig. 3 is a plan of the bracket.

In carrying my invention into practice I construct two metallic vertical uprights or brackets a, and the base of each bracket a I turn at right angles to form base-plates 6. These I drill and fix one at each end on the wood back 0 of a black-lead brush with screws (Z. At the top of each upright or bracket (0 I cut a transverse slot 6 in order to carry a loosely-pivoted metal hand shield or guard f over the ordinary handle. The said shield or guard is stamped or pressed up of any suitable shape, with the ends g turned at right angles and drilled with holes to receive pins h, which point inward and operate loosely in each slot. The heads of the pins are riveted to the ends of the shield or guard.

The object of my invention is to shield the knuckles of a person when using the abovedescribed black-lead brush by the ordinary handle. v

WVhat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In-a brush the combination of uprights (6 provided with slots 0 and having base-plates Z), the knuckle-guard f having its end portions 9 bent at right angles thereto, and revolubly mounted on the uprights a by means of the pins 12, passing through the end portions g and the uprights a, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM PARKER. Witnesses:

H. D. J AMESON, A. NUTTING. 

